[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 11 (Thursday, January 16, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2781-2785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00615]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
19 CFR Part 12
[CBP Dec. 14-01]
RIN 1515-AD95
Import Restrictions Imposed on Certain Archaeological and
Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material From Bulgaria
AGENCIES: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland
Security; Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) regulations to reflect the imposition of import restrictions on
certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material from
the Republic of Bulgaria. These restrictions are being imposed pursuant
to an agreement between the United States and Bulgaria that has been
entered into under the authority of the Convention on Cultural Property
Implementation Act in accordance with the 1970 United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention
on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export
and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property. The final rule amends
CBP regulations by adding Bulgaria to the list of countries for which a
bilateral agreement has been entered into for imposing cultural
property import restrictions. The final rule also contains the
designated list that describes the types of archaeological and
ecclesiastical ethnological material to which the restrictions apply.
DATES: Effective January 15, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For legal aspects, George Frederick
McCray, Chief, Cargo Security, Carriers and Restricted Merchandise
Branch, Regulations and Rulings, Office of International Trade, (202)
325-0082. For operational aspects: Virginia McPherson, Chief,
Interagency Requirements Branch, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of
International Trade, (202) 863-6563.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The value of cultural property, whether archaeological or
ethnological in nature, is immeasurable. Such items often constitute
the very essence of a society and convey important information
concerning a people's origin, history, and traditional setting. The
importance and popularity of such items regrettably makes them targets
of theft, encourages clandestine looting of archaeological sites, and
results in their illegal export and import.
The United States shares in the international concern for the need
to protect endangered cultural property. The appearance in the United
States of stolen or illegally exported artifacts from other countries
where there has been pillage has, on occasion, strained our foreign and
cultural relations. This situation, combined with the concerns of
museum, archaeological, and scholarly communities, was recognized by
the President and Congress. It became apparent that it was in the
national interest for the United States to join with other countries to
control illegal trafficking of such articles in international commerce.
The United States joined international efforts and actively
participated in deliberations resulting in the 1970 United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Convention
on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export
and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property (823 U.N.T.S. 231
(1972)). U.S.
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acceptance of the 1970 UNESCO Convention was codified into U.S. law as
the ``Convention on Cultural Property Implementation Act'' (Pub. L. 97-
446, 19 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.) (the Act). This was done to promote U.S.
leadership in achieving greater international cooperation towards
preserving cultural treasures that are of importance to the nations
from where they originate and contribute to greater international
understanding of our common heritage.
Since the Act entered into force, import restrictions have been
imposed on the archaeological and ethnological materials of a number of
State Parties to the 1970 UNESCO Convention. These restrictions have
been imposed as a result of requests for protection received from those
nations. More information on import restrictions can be found on the
Cultural Property Protection Web site (http://eca.state.gov/cultural-heritage-center/international-cultural-property-protection).
This rule announces that import restrictions are now being imposed
on certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological materials
from Bulgaria.
Determinations
Under 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1), the United States must make certain
determinations before entering into an agreement to impose import
restrictions under 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(2). On November 20, 2012, the
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S.
Department of State, made the determinations required under the statute
with respect to certain archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological
materials originating in Bulgaria that are described in the designated
list set forth below in this document. These determinations include the
following:
(1) That the cultural patrimony of Bulgaria is in jeopardy from the
pillage of (a) archaeological material representing Bulgaria's cultural
heritage dating from the Neolithic period (7500 B.C.) through
approximately 1750 A. D. and (b) ecclesiastical ethnological material
representing Bulgaria's Middle Ages (681 A.D.) through approximately
1750 A.D. (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(A)); (2) that the Bulgarian government
has taken measures consistent with the Convention to protect its
cultural patrimony (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(B)); (3) that import
restrictions imposed by the United States would be of substantial
benefit in deterring a serious situation of pillage, and remedies less
drastic are not available (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(C)); and (4) that the
application of import restrictions as set forth in this final rule is
consistent with the general interests of the international community in
the interchange of cultural property among nations for scientific,
cultural, and educational purposes (19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(1)(D)). The
Assistant Secretary also found that the material described in the
determinations meet the statutory definitions of ``archaeological
material of the state party'' and ``ethnological material of the state
party'' (19 U.S.C. 2601(2)).
The Agreement
The United States and Bulgaria entered into a bilateral agreement
pursuant to the provisions of 19 U.S.C. 2602(a)(2). The agreement
enables the promulgation of import restrictions on categories of
archaeological material representing Bulgaria's cultural heritage
dating from the Neolithic period (7500 B.C.) through approximately 1750
A. D. and ecclesiastical ethnological material representing Bulgaria's
Middle Ages (681 A.D.) through approximately 1750 A.D. A list of the
categories of archaeological and ecclesiastical ethnological material
subject to the import restrictions is set forth later in this document.
Restrictions and Amendment to the Regulations
In accordance with the Agreement, importation of material
designated below is subject to the restrictions of 19 U.S.C. 2606 and
Sec. 12.104g(a) of the CBP regulations (19 CFR 12.104g(a)) and will be
restricted from entry into the United States unless the conditions set
forth in 19 U.S.C. 2606 and Sec. 12.104c of the CBP regulations (19
CFR 12.104c) are met. CBP is amending Sec. 12.104g(a) of the CBP
Regulations (19 CFR 12.104g(a)) to indicate that these import
restrictions have been imposed.
Designated List of Archaeological and Ecclesiastical Ethnological
Material of Bulgaria
The bilateral agreement between the United States and Bulgaria
includes, but is not limited to, the categories of objects described in
the designated list set forth below. These categories of objects are
subject to the import restrictions set forth above, in accordance with
the above explained applicable law and the regulation amended in this
document (19 CFR 12.104(g)(a)).
The import restrictions include complete examples of objects and
fragments thereof.
The archaeological materials represent the following periods and
cultures: Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Thracian,
Hellenistic, Roman, Middle Ages, First Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine,
Second Bulgarian Empire, and Ottoman. The ecclesiastical ethnological
materials represent the following periods and cultures: Middle Ages,
First Bulgarian Empire, Byzantine, Second Bulgarian Empire, and
Ottoman. Ancient place-names associated with the region of Bulgaria
include Odrysian Kingdom, Thrace, Thracia, Moesia Inferior, Moesia
Superior, Coastal Dacia, Inner Dacia, Rhodope, Haemimontus, Europa,
Bulgaria, and Eyalet of Rumeli.
I. Archaeological Material
A. Stone
1. Sculpture
a. Architectural Elements--In marble, limestone, gypsum, and other
kinds of stone. Types include acroterion, antefix, architrave, base,
capital, caryatid, coffer, column, crowning, fountain, frieze,
pediment, pilaster, mask, metope, mosaic and inlay, jamb, tile,
triglyph, tympanum, basin, wellhead. Approximate date: First millennium
B.C. to 1750 A.D.
b. Monuments--In marble, limestone, granite, sandstone, and other
kinds of stone. Types include but are not limited to votive statues,
funerary, documentary, votive stelae, military columns, herms, stone
blocks, bases, and base revetments. These may be painted, carved with
borders, carry relief sculpture, and/or carry dedicatory, documentary,
official, or funerary inscriptions, written in various languages
including Thracian, Proto-Bulgarian, Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Turkish, and
Bulgarian. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A. D.
c. Sarcophagi and ossuaries--In marble, limestone, and other kinds
of stone. Some have figural scenes painted on them, others have figural
scenes carved in relief, and some are plain or just have decorative
moldings. Approximate date: Third millennium through 1750 A. D.
d. Large Statuary--Primarily in marble, also in limestone and
sandstone. Subject matter includes human and animal figures and groups
of figures in the round. Common types are large-scale, free-standing
statuary from approximately 1 m to 2.5 m in height and life-size busts
(head and shoulders of an individual). Approximate date: Third
millennium B.C. through 1750 A. D.
e. Small Statuary and Figurines--In marble and other stone. Subject
matter includes human and animal figures and groups of figures in the
round. These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height.
Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A. D.
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f. Reliefs--In marble and other stone. Types include carved relief
vases and slabs carved with subject matter such as a horseman,
vegetative, floral, or decorative motifs, sometimes inscribed. Used for
architectural decoration, funerary, votive, or commemorative monuments.
Approximate date: Third millennium B.C. through 1750 A. D.
g. Furniture--In marble and other stone. Types include tables,
thrones, and beds. Approximate date: Third millennium B.C. through 1750
A. D.
2. Vessels--In marble, steatite, rock crystal, and other stone.
These may belong to conventional shapes such as bowls, cups, jars,
jugs, and lamps, or may occur in the shape of a human or animal, or
part of human or animal. Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A. D.
3. Tools, Instruments, and Weapons--In flint, quartz, obsidian, and
other hard stones. Types of stone tools include large and small blades,
borers, scrapers, sickles, awls, harpoons, cores, loom weights, and
arrow heads. Ground stone types include grinders (e.g., mortars,
pestles, millstones, whetstones), choppers, axes, hammers, moulds, and
mace heads. Approximate date: Neolithic through 1750 A. D.
4. Seals and beads--In marble, limestone, and various semiprecious
stones including rock crystal, amethyst, jasper, agate, steatite, and
carnelian. May be incised or cut as gems or cameos. Approximate date:
Neolithic through 1750 A. D.
B. Metal
1. Sculpture
a. Large Statuary--Primarily in bronze, including fragments of
statues. Subject matter includes human and animal figures, and groups
of figures in the round. Common types are large-scale, free-standing
statuary from approximately 1 m to 2.5 m in height and life-size busts
(head and shoulders of an individual). Approximate date: Fifth
millennium through 1750 A.D.
b. Small Statuary and Figurines--Subject matter includes human and
animal figures, groups of figures in the round, masks, plaques, and
bronze hands of Sabazios. These range from approximately 10 cm to 1 m
in height. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through Roman.
c. Reliefs--In gold, bronze, or lead. Types include burial masks,
leaves, and appliqu[eacute] with images of gods, mythical creatures,
etc. First millennium B.C. through Roman.
d. Inscribed or Decorated Sheet Metal--In bronze or lead. Engraved
inscriptions, ``military diplomas,'' and thin metal sheets with
engraved or impressed designs often used as attachments to furniture.
Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
2. Vessels--In bronze, gold, and silver. Bronze may be gilded or
silver-plated. These may belong to conventional shapes such as bowls,
cups, jars, jugs, strainers, cauldrons, candelabras, and lamps, or may
occur in the shape of a human or animal or part of a human or animal.
Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
3. Personal Ornaments--In copper, bronze, gold, and silver. Bronze
may be gilded or silver-plated. Types include torques, rings, beads,
pendants, belts, belt buckles, belt ends/appliqu[eacute]s, earrings,
ear caps, diadems, spangles, straight and safety pins, necklaces,
mirrors, wreaths, cuffs, pectoral crosses, and beads. Approximate date:
Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
4. Tools--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include knives, hooks,
weights, axes, scrapers, (strigils), trowels, keys, dies for making
coins, and the tools of physicians and artisans such as carpenters,
masons and metal smiths. Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C.
through 1750 A.D.
5. Weapons and Armor--In copper, bronze and iron. Types include
both launching weapons (harpoons, spears and javelins) and weapons for
hand-to-hand combat (swords, daggers, battle axes, rapiers, maces
etc.). Armor includes body armor, such as helmets, cuirasses, shin
guards, and shields, and horse armor/chariot decorations often
decorated with elaborate engraved, embossed, or perforated designs.
Approximate date: Fifth millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
6. Seals--In lead, tin, copper, bronze, silver, and gold. Types
include rings, amulets, stamps, and seals with shank. They pertain to
individuals, kings, emperors, patriarchs, and other spiritual leaders.
Approximate date: Bronze Age through 1750 A.D.
7. Coins--In copper, bronze, silver and gold. Many of the listed
coins with inscriptions in Greek can be found in B. Head, Historia
Numorum: A Manual of Greek Numismatics (London, 1911) and C.M. Kraay,
Archaic and Classical Greek Coins (London, 1976). Many of the Roman
provincial mints in modern Bulgaria are covered in I. Varbanov, Greek
Imperial Coins I: Dacia, Moesia Superior, Moesia Inferior (Bourgas,
2005), id., Greek Imperial Coins II: Thrace (from Abdera to Pautalia)
(Bourgas, 2005), id., Greek Imperial Coins III: Thrace (from Perinthus
to Trajanopolis), Chersonesos Thraciae, Insula Thraciae, Macedonia
(Bourgas 2007). A non-exclusive list of pre-Roman and Roman mints
include Mesembria (modern Nesembar), Dionysopolis (Balchik),
Marcianopolis (Devnya), Nicopolis ad Istrum (near Veliko Tarnovo),
Odessus (Varna), Anchialus (Pomorie), Apollonia Pontica (Sozopol),
Cabyle (Kabile), Deultum (Debelt), Nicopolis ad Nestum (Garmen),
Pautalia (Kyustendil), Philippopolis (Plovdiv), Serdica (Sofia), and
Augusta Traiana (Stara Zagora). Later coins may be found in A. Radushev
and G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX-XV c. (Sofia
1999) and J. Youroukova and V. Penchev, Bulgarian Medieval Coins and
Seals (Sofia 1990).
a. Pre-monetary media of exchange including ``arrow money,'' bells,
and bracelets. Approximate date: 13th century B.C. through 6th century
B.C.
b. Thracian and Hellenistic coins struck in gold, silver, and
bronze by city-states and kingdoms that operated in the territory of
the modern Bulgarian state. This designation includes official coinages
of Greek-using city-states and kingdoms, Sycthian and Celtic coinage,
and local imitations of official issues. Also included are Greek coins
from nearby regions that are found in Bulgaria. Approximate date: 6th
century BC through the 1st century B.C.
c. Roman provincial coins--Locally produced coins usually struck in
bronze or copper at mints in the territory of the modern state of
Bulgaria. May also be silver, silver plate, or gold. Approximate date:
1st century BC through the 4th century A.D.
d. Coinage of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires and Byzantine
Empire--Struck in gold, silver, and bronze by Bulgarian and Byzantine
emperors at mints within the modern state of Bulgaria. Approximate
date: 4th century A.D. through A.D. 1396.
e. Ottoman coins--Struck at mints within the modern state of
Bulgaria. Approximate date: A.D. 1396 through A.D. 1750.
C. Ceramic
1. Sculpture
a. Architectural Elements--Baked clay (terracotta) elements used to
decorate buildings. Elements include tiles, acroteria, antefixes,
painted and relief plaques, metopes, cornices, roof tiles, pipes, and
revetments. May be painted as icons. Also included are wall and floor
plaster decorations. Approximate date: First millennium through 1750
A.D.
b. Large Statuary--Subject matter includes human and animal figures
and groups of figures in the round. Common
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types are large-scale, free-standing statuary from approximately 1 m to
2.5 m in height and life-size busts (head and shoulders of an
individual). Approximate date: Neolithic through 6th century A.D.
c. Small Statuary--Subject matter is varied and includes human and
animal figures, human body parts, groups of figures in the round,
shrines, houses, and chariots. These range from approximately 10 cm to
1 m in height. Approximate date: Neolithic through 6th century A.D.
2. Vessels
a. Neolithic and Chalcolithic Pottery--Handmade, decorated with
appliqu[eacute] and/or incision, sometimes decorated with a lustrous
burnish or added paint. These come in a variety of shapes from simple
bowls and vases with three or four legs, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic
vessels, to handled scoops and large storage jars.
b. Bronze Age through Thracian Pottery--Handmade and wheel-made
pottery in shapes for tableware, serving, storing, and processing, with
lustrous burnished, matte, appliqu[eacute], incised, and painted
decoration.
c. Black Figure and Red Figure Pottery--These are made in a
specific set of shapes (e.g. amphorae, kraters, hydriae, oinochoi,
kylikes) decorated with black painted figures on a clear clay ground
(Black Figure), decorative elements in reserve with background fired
black (Red Figure), and multi-colored figures painted on a white ground
(White Ground). Approximate date: First millennium B.C.
d. Terra sigillata--Is a high quality table ware made of red to
reddish brown clay, and covered with a glossy slip. Approximate date:
Roman.
e. Seals--On the handles and necks of bottles (amphorae). First
millennium B.C through Middle Ages.
f. Middle Ages--Includes undecorated plain wares, utilitarian
wares, tableware, serving and storage jars, and special containers such
as pilgrim flasks. These can be matte painted or glazed, including
incised as ``sgraffitto,'' stamped, and with elaborate polychrome
decorations using floral, geometric, human, and animal motifs.
D. Bone, Ivory, Horn, and Other Organics
1. Small Statuary and figurines--Subject matter includes human and
animal figures and groups of figures in the round. These range from
approximately 10 cm to 1 m in height. Approximate date: Neolithic
through Middle Ages.
2. Personal Ornaments--In bone, ivory, and spondylus shell. Types
include amulets, combs, pins, spoons, small containers, bracelets,
buckles, and beads. Approximate date: Neolithic through Middle Ages.
3. Seals and Stamps--Small devices with at least one side engraved
with a design for stamping or sealing; they can be discoid, cuboid,
conoid, or in the shape and animals or fantastic creatures (e.g., a
scarab). Approximate date: Neolithic through Middle Ages.
4. Tools and Weapons--In bone and horn. Needles, awls, chisels,
axes, hoes, picks, harpoons. Approximate date: Neolithic through Middle
Ages.
E. Glass and Faience
1. Vessels--Shapes include small jars, bowls, animal shaped,
goblet, spherical, candle holders, perfume jars (unguentaria).
Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
2. Beads--Globular and relief beads. Approximate date: Bronze Age
through Middle Ages.
F. Paintings
1. Domestic and Public Wall Painting--These are painted on
mudplaster, lime plaster (wet--buon fresco--and dry--secco fresco);
types include simple applied color, bands and borders, landscapes,
scenes of people and/or animals in natural or built settings.
Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
2. Tomb Paintings--Paintings on plaster or stone, sometimes
geometric or floral but usually depicting gods, goddesses, or funerary
scenes. Approximate date: First millennium B.C. through 6th century
A.D.
G. Mosaics--Floor mosaics including landscapes, scenes of humans or
gods, and activities such as hunting and fishing. There may also be
vegetative, floral, or decorative motifs. Approximate date: First
millennium B.C. through 1750 A.D.
II. Ecclesiastical Ethnological Material
The categories of Bulgarian ecclesiastical ethnological objects on
which import restrictions are imposed were made from the beginning of
the 4th century A.D. through approximately 1750 A. D.
A. Stone
1. Architectural elements--In marble and other stone, including
thrones, upright ``closure'' slabs, circular marking slabs omphalion,
altar partitions, and altar tables which may be decorated with crosses,
human, or animal figures.
2. Monuments--In marble and other stone; types such as ritual
crosses, funerary inscriptions.
3. Vessels--Containers for holy water.
4. Reliefs--In steatite or other stones, carved as icons in which
religious figures predominate in the figural decoration.
B. Metal
1. Reliefs--Cast as icons in which religious figures predominate in
the figural decoration.
2. Boxes--Containers of gold and silver, used as reliquaries for
sacred human remains.
3. Vessels--Containers of lead, which carried aromatic oils and are
called ``pilgrim flasks.''
4. Ceremonial paraphernalia--In bronze, silver, and gold including
censers (incense burners), book covers, processional crosses,
liturgical crosses, archbishop's crowns, buckles, and chests. These are
often decorated with molded or incised geometric motifs or scenes from
the Bible, and encrusted with semi-precious or precious stones. The
gems themselves may be engraved with religious figures or inscriptions.
Ecclesiastical treasure may include all of the above, as well as rings,
earrings, and necklaces (some decorated with ecclesiastical themes) and
other implements (e.g., spoons, baptism vessels, chalices).
C. Ceramic--Vessels which carried aromatic oils and are called
``pilgrim flasks.''
D. Bone And Ivory Objects--Ceremonial paraphernalia including
boxes, reliquaries (and their contents) plaques, pendants, candelabra,
stamp rings, crosses. Carved and engraved decoration includes religious
figures, scenes from the Bible, and floral and geometric designs.
E. Wood--Wooden objects include architectural elements such as
painted wood screens (iconostases), carved doors, crosses, painted
wooden beams from churches or monasteries, furniture such as thrones,
chests and other objects, including musical instruments. Religious
figures predominate in the painted and carved figural decoration.
Ecclesiastical furniture and architectural elements may also be
decorated with geometric or floral designs.
F. Glass--Vessels of glass include lamps and candle sticks.
G. Textile--Robes, vestments and altar clothes are often of a fine
fabric and richly embroidered in silver and gold. Embroidered designs
include religious motifs and floral and geometric designs.
H. Parchment--Documents such as illuminated ritual manuscripts
occur in single leaves or bound as a book or
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``codex'' and are written or painted on animal skins (cattle, sheep/
goat, camel) known as parchment.
I. Painting
1. Wall paintings--On various kinds of plaster and which generally
portray religious images and scenes of Biblical events. Surrounding
paintings may contain animal, floral, or geometric designs, including
borders and bands.
2. Panel Paintings (Icons)--Smaller versions of the scenes on wall
paintings, and may be partially covered with gold or silver, sometimes
encrusted with semi-precious or precious stones and are usually painted
on a wooden panel, often for inclusion in a wooden screen
(iconastasis). May also be painted on ceramic.
J. Mosaics--Wall mosaics generally portray religious images and
scenes of Biblical events.
Surrounding panels may contain animal, floral, or geometric
designs. They are made from stone and glass cut into small bits
(tesserae) and laid into a plaster matrix.
Inapplicability of Notice and Delayed Effective Date
This amendment involves a foreign affairs function of the United
States and is, therefore, being made without notice or public procedure
(5 U.S.C. 553(a)(1)). For the same reason, a delayed effective date is
not required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3).
Regulatory Flexibility Act
Because no notice of proposed rulemaking is required, the
provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) do
not apply.
Executive Order 12866
Because this rule involves a foreign affairs function of the United
States, it is not subject to Executive Order 12866.
Signing Authority
This regulation is being issued in accordance with 19 CFR
0.1(a)(1).
List of Subjects in 19 CFR Part 12
Cultural property, Customs duties and inspection, Imports,
Prohibited merchandise, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Amendment to CBP Regulations
For the reasons set forth above, part 12 of Title 19 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (19 CFR Part 12), is amended as set forth below:
PART 12--SPECIAL CLASSES OF MERCHANDISE
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1. The general authority citation for part 12 and the specific
authority citation for Sec. 12.104g continue to read as follows:
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 66, 1202 (General Note 3(i),
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)), 1624.
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Sections 12.104 through 12.104i also issued under 19 U.S.C.
2612;
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2. In Sec. 12.104g, paragraph (a), the table is amended by adding the
Republic of Bulgaria to the list in appropriate alphabetical order as
follows:
Sec. 12.104g Specific items or categories designated by agreements or
emergency actions.
(a) * * *
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State party Cultural property Decision No.
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Bulgaria...................... Archaeological CBP Dec. 14-01
material representing
Bulgaria's cultural
heritage from
Neolithic period
(7500 B.C.) through
approximately 1750 A.
D. and ecclesiastical
ethnological material
representing
Bulgaria's Middle
Ages (681 A. D.)
through approximately
1750 A. D.
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Thomas S. Winkowski,
Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Approved: January 8, 2014.
Timothy E. Skud,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
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